WVU Medicine Fairmont is proud to launch our annual Tygart Valley United Way workplace campaign. Every day, we see the challenges facing our neighbors, and we also see what is possible when people and organizations come together around a shared purpose.
This year, we are asking our team to Be Bold. Be bold in believing that every young person deserves the opportunity to succeed. Be bold in helping families achieve financial security. Be bold in creating healthier communities. Be bold in ensuring our region is prepared, connected, and resilient.
Through strategic investments, strong partnerships, and programs such as WV 211, VITA, United for Kids, VolunteerHQ, and United We Prepare, Tygart Valley United Way is bringing people and resources together to advance these four Bold Goals across our five county region.
If you have given in the past, we hope you will consider renewing or increasing your contribution. If this is your first time giving, please know that every gift matters. No contribution is too small, and every dollar helps create meaningful change right here in our community.
Together, we can be bold enough to imagine a stronger future and united enough to make it happen.
Be Bold. Give Boldly. United is the Way.
Sept. 8 - Dec. 18
211 is our free and confidential service provided by the United Ways of West Virginia that connects area residents to critical resources when they need help the most. Whether it's financial assistance, addiction treatment, health care, mental health counseling, or utility assistance, United Way's 211 helpline walks you through more than 12,000 available resources in West Virginia to find the right service or program for you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Sometimes you need more than an internet search. You need a conversation.
So far in 2022, we've taken more than 33,000 calls and chats across West Virginia.
Our VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program filed over 608 returns for individuals in 2022. The average refund amount was $1,111 and the average Earning Income Tax Credit was $1,129. The program is free and open to all individuals and families that needs assistance with preparing and filing their annual tax returns.
Community members also took advantage of preparing them online using our MyFreeTaxes website. Individuals and families in in the Tygart Valley saved more than $17,600 in tax prep fees this year.
United for Kids is our region-wide hygiene and personal care item drive that collects items for school pantries/closets in all five counties. Last year's drive brought in more than 3,000 items that were put to use immediately and provided support to all 50 public schools across our Tygart Valley region.